Halloween Sadism and Detecting Modern Deepfakes

 

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Halloween Sadism – (Starts 2:45)  Criminologist Joel Best researches questions such as, Do Halloween apples ever harbor razor blades?  and “Has anyone ever died of poisoned Halloween candy?” One of Best’s answers may surprise you.

Detecting DeepFake Video Criminals  (Starts 16:50) Deep fake images during a video conference have fooled people into wiring bad actors millions of dollars.  Detecting these deepfakes requires huge amounts of computing power.  CU Computer Scientists Sangtae Ha and Tuan Tran are are part of a team developing a detection system that uses more than 100 times LESS computing power, paving the way for catching these deepfakes more often.

Hosts: Shelley Schlender, Juliana Krigsman
Show Producer & Engineer  Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Susan Moran

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